Weather-strip.



A. ACKLEY.

WEATHER STRIP- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, I914.

Patented Feb. 13,1917.

AMOS ACKLEY, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pategntgfl F I 13, 19117,

Application filed September 28, 1914. Serial No. 863,892.

1/ 0 all whom, it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, AMOS AcKLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at 0amden, in the county of Camden and State of New, Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather Strips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in weather strips, and has for its principal object to provide a weather strip which is arranged to be secured to the bottom of a door to efiectively close the same and prevent air from entering between the lower edge of the door and the sill.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide such a device which may be cheaply constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a strip which will automatically clear the door sill as well as the floor covering.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a fragment of a door showing this invention as it would appear when applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail fragmentary view of the device illustrating the method of securing the spring thereto.

Referring now to the drawings by char actors of reference, the numeral 1 designates the door frame and the numeral 2 designates the door sill. This door sill 2 is constructed in the ordinary way and is secured to the floor of the building in any suitable manner. The door, which is designated by the numeral 3, is hinged to the door frame in the ordinary way and carries at its lower terminal the weather strip designated generally by the numeral 4. This strip comprises the body 5, which is provided with a plurality of screw holes 6, by means of which screws are arranged to pass through the body and hold the same in place on the door. Riveted or otherwise secured as at 7 is the leaf spring designated by the numeral 8,

which is fixedly secured with relation to the plate 5 and arranged to raise the cooperating plate as will be more fully hereinafter described.

The cooperating plate or weather strip proper hereinbefore referred to is designated by the numeral 9 and is formed near one end with the aperture 10, which is preferably rectangular and arranged to receive the bent end 11 of the spring 8. Secured to the lower edge of the body 9 is a suitable pad 12 which may be of leather, felt, or other suitable material, and this pad is ar ranged to engage the floor of the building to effectively prevent a draft from passing be neaththe door. The plates 5 and 9 herein before referred to, are hingedly secured together as at 13 and it will thus be seen that the lower plate 9 may be freely swung upwardly under the influence of the spring 8 as clearly shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 2. A suitable stop 14 is screwed or otherwise secured as at 15 to the door frame in such a position that it will engage the outer side of the spring 8 and force the plate 9 downwardly in such a position that the pad 12 will engage the floor and be firmly pressed thereagainst.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that in use, the plate 5 is secured to the door as illustrated in Fig. 1 and when the door is pressed closed the stop 14 will engage the spring 8 and force the plate 9 down against the floor of the building. In this position it will be apparent that the pad 12, being of soft material, will conform to any irregularity and thereby effectively close any passage beneath the door. At the beginning of the final phase of the closing movement of the door, the spring 8, by engaging the stop 14, acts as a buffer between the stop and the weather strip 9 to prevent injury to the weather strip by the stop, to prevent the weather strip from being thrown violently into engagement with the sill by the stop, and to prevent the door from being slammed shut. The free end of the spring 8 works freely in the opening 10 of the weather strip 9, and as the result the spring will readily yield under contact with the stop 141-, preventing injuring to the spring and strain Epon the connection of the spring with the oor.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a door frame, a door, and a stop secured to the frame, of a weather strip hinged to the door, and a spring connected to the door and, Weather strip for ho-ldingthe weather strip elevated when the door is opened and positioned for engagement with the stop when the door is closed, the engagement of the spring with the'stop' depressing the weather strip, and said spring acting as a buffer between the stop and the weather strip.

2, The combination with a door frame, a door, and a stop secured to the frame, of a weather strip hinged to the door, and provided 'nearits free edge with an opening, and a leaf'spring secured atone end to the door and having its free end positioned in said" opening, said spring holding the Weatherstrip elevated when the door is opened'and positioned for engagement with the stop when the door is closed, the engagement of the spring with the stop depressing the weather strip, and said spring acting as a bufier between the stop and the weather strip.

3. The combination with a door frame, a door, and a stop secured to the frame, of a weather strip hinged to the door and providednear its free edge with an opening, and a leaf spring secured at one end to the door and having its free end bent down wardly and forwardly and positioned in said opening, said spring holding the weather strip elevated when the door is opened and positioned for engagement with the stop when the door is closed, the engagement of the spring with the stop depressing the weather strip, and said spring acting as a bufierbetween the stop and the Weatherstrip.

Intestimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS ACKLEY.

Witnesses:

WALTER A. SAATMVAN, CO R D S. SEIFLING.

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